Spike cleaning device



June 27, 1961 A. M. DOHRE 2,989,768

SPIKE CLEANING DEVICE Filed Dec. 15, 1958 INVENTOR. ALBIN M. DOHREATTORNEY United States Patent 2,989,768 SPIKE CLEANING DEVICE Albin M.Dohre, 26 Madeira Ave., Coral Gables, Fla. Filed Dec. 15,1958, Ser. No.783,635 2 Claims. (Cl. 1'5237) This invention relates generally toathletic foot wear and is more particularly directed to a device forcleaning and adjusting cleats and spikes on athletic foot gear.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive though effective device for cleaning mud, dirt and otherforeign material from spikes and cleats on golf shoes and the like.

Another object of the present device is to provide a device which has atool formed along one edge for ad justing the spikes on the shoes and afurther tool along another edge for scraping mud and dirt from thespikes in cleaning the mud therefrom.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a spike cleaningdevice for golf shoes, which device can be readily manipulated forcleaning spikes on shoes Without the necessity of removing the shoesfrom ones feet so that the user may at all times have his shoes free ofmud and the like.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be bestunderstood from a consideration of the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, with the understanding, however, that the invention isnot confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawingbut may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modificationsmark no material departure from the salient features of the invention asexpressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of my spike cleaning device.

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of a golf shoe showing myspike cleaning and adjusting device positioned on a spike for cleaningsame.

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken along the line 33of FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4 is a cross sectional view taken through the axis of a spikealong the line 4--4 of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 5 is a similar view showing my spike cleaning and adjustingdevice being used to adjust the spike.

FIGURE 6 is a bottom plane view of my spike cleaning and adjustingdevice.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals are used to designatesimilar parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 refers to mycombination spike cleaning and adjusting device produced from a sheet ofmetallic material preferably stainless steel, although other suitablemetals or plastic materials may be used. My device 10 is provided with ahandle 11 formed along a top edge of the device by folding the top edgeand returning same on itself to provide an expanded portion that may begripped easily by a person manipulating same when handling the device10. On the bottom edge which is opposite the handle 11 there is provideda spike centering loop 12 formed by cutting along a line 13 parallel toand spaced from the bottom edge a distance equal to the height of theloop 12. The edge 13 extends from a side edge 14 to a position short ofthe opposite side edge 15. The cut metal is then rolled to form the loop12. The remaining bottom edge is tapered downwardly in the direction ofthe side edge 15 and sharpened as at 18 to provide a blade-like edge inorder to readily scrape mud, etc. from cleats or spikes 16 threadedlymounted on anchoring members 29 and 30 mounted on a conventional golfshoe 17. The golf shoe 17 forms no part of the present invention and isshown only for purposes of illustration. The oblique angle at which theblade 18 extends is approximately equal to the angle of the base 21 ofthe cleat 16 so that with the loop 12 encircling the spike 20, the blade18 will engage the sloping base 21 to remove all dirt and mud from thespike 20, and base 21 as the device 10 is rotated about the spike 20 asthe center of rotation.

At the upper portion of the side edge 15 there is provided a cleatadjusting device consisting of a pair of spaced apart lugs 22 and atapered recess 23 with a sloping edge portion 24 joining the lugs withthe outer edge of each side of the recess 23. The combination of therecess 23 and the edges 24 form a silhouette identical to the crosssectional shape of the spikes 16 so that when it is desired to adjustthe spikes 16 on the shoes 17, the lugs 22 can be inserted in slots 25in the spikes 16 whereby the spikes 16 may be loosened so as to removesame from the shoes 17 or tightened thereon in order that they not beinadvertently loosened and thereby become lost. A bore 26 is provided onmy device for securing a string or line thereon so that the device 10may be secured to a golf bag.

What I claim as new is:

1. A spike cleaning device comprising a wall portion having upper andlower edge portions, handle means formed at said upper edge portion, aspike receiving loop mounted at said lower edge portion, said loop beingsubstantially cylindrical in shape with its bottom edge portion lying ina plane and a blade portion extending from proximity to said bottom edgeportion of said spike receiving loop at an oblique angle, said bottomedge portion of said loop describing an arc of substantially 360 degreeswhereby upon the placing of said loop on said spike and rotation thereofsaid blade will engage a base portion of said spike without danger ofslipping and re move mud and the like therefrom.

2. A spike cleaning device comprising a substantially flat wall portionhaving a bottom edge and a pair of side edges, a substantiallycylindrical spike receiving loop positioned at said bottom edge, saidloop having a bottom edge portion lying substantially in a plane anddescribing an arc of substantially 360 degrees, and a spike cleaningblade portion extending from adjacent said bottom edge portion of saidloop to one of said side edges.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,461,639 Grigalunas Feb. 15, 1949 2,817,863 Johns Dec. 31, 19572,866,218 Ranseen Dec. 30, 1958

